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RefNoHF/1/14/3/8/29
Previous numbers98HF.135.8.29
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to O S Franks, Ministry of Supply, London
Date28 January 1946
DescriptionQuotes telegram he has received from Hugh Cabot Memorial Fund Committee in the USA, concerning proposal to erect research laboratory and penicillin plant in the USSR - unless something is done quickly about N M Borodin, must advise him to go to USA - considerable delay has occurred over negotiations has convinced Borodin that some "Machiavellian political manoeuvres" are going on - comments on this - hopes Borodin's stay in his department will to some extent counterbalance unfavourable impression Borodin has of Britain.
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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